Spain Requires Negative PCR Test for Travelers from Morocco, Other High-Risk Countries

In a press release, the Spanish Ministry of Health recalled that this measure should apply to air and sea borders, with the exception of land borders, which are not yet subject to controls as was the case during the first wave of the coronavirus pandemic.

In this regard, the ministry invites travel agencies, tour operators and air or maritime transport companies to inform travelers of this new requirement. Even before this measure, foreign travelers were subject to temperature control and filled out a health questionnaire to enter Spanish territory.

For Spain, the risk areas are those that are not on the list of safe countries of the European Union. As for European countries, Spain will refer to the cumulative incidence rates over 14 days, the positivity rate of tests and the screening rates. As for third countries, it will take into account the accumulated incidence per 100,000 inhabitants over the last 14 days.

According to the Spanish authorities, this measure is a European recommendation and aims to standardize the health control models of the member countries. Since the resurgence of the second wave, several countries have imposed new measures at their borders for travelers from non-European countries.